About Andy

I've been practicing astrology for more than fifteen years. Trained by my own mother, an unsung professional astrologer in her own right, I guess you could say this is a family business. While astrology columnist for Time Out Chicago Magazine (2005-2007), I found myself constantly wondering whether I was serving my readers with the best information I could give them.

While I love the work, and while I enjoy trying to interpret how each sun sign will be affected by a given week's transits, I was always self-conscious about how much I was forced to leave out, and I'm not just talking "word counts." Knowing that there is so much more to a person's birth chart than his/her sun sign, I had always wished I could write an individual column for every single reader. Of course I figured that was impossible.

But one day, while contemplating the wonders of modern technology and what is possible with the right software combination and a lot of hard work, I came up with First Person Astrology--the Internet's only weekly, personalized horoscope generator.

The fact that there is nothing else like it out here (yet) excites me for sure. But I'm most excited about the idea of people really feeling like they're getting something useful from their forecasts, and not just amusement.

When they know which way the astrological winds are blowing, people can feel empowered to make (or wait on) certain decisions. Using astrology for your benefit is all about timing, and not at all about "destiny." The cosmos controls nothing. It just makes certain things more or less likely. When you realize that, astrology becomes much more than entertainment.

In another life I was a writer/performer in the Chicago theater scene (more accurately, I was a member of The Neo-Futurists and did little else.) I'm still a playwright in my spare time, but have decided to dedicate most of my professional time to reinventing the weekly horoscope as we know it.

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Andy Bayiates lives in Illinois with his wife, Genevra Gallo, their daughter, Ariana, and their insane Boston Terrier, Simon.